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1 Background Inland transport is one of the most serious problems facing U.S. container ports.
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2 Evaluating Alternatives for Landside Transport of Ocean Containers A key challenge throughout the project was to develop common evaluation concepts, criteria, and metrics for a wide range of seemingly disparate proposals. That process began at the highest conceptual level by asking basic questions: • What is the system goal or objective?
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Summary 3 Name Organization General Descrip
on Generic Technology Conven
onal Drayage Mul ple This is the current standard system using a standard diesel tractor pulling a chassis holding one container. Diesel Truck Drayage Hybrid Trucks Tetra Tech Use of hybrid diesel electric trucks utilizing exis ng streets and highways in addi on to newly acquired right of way.
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4 Evaluating Alternatives for Landside Transport of Ocean Containers step-by-step description of the inland container transport process from marine terminal to delivery at inland destinations within 100 miles. Evaluation Criteria The diversity of inland container transport options and technologies calls for flexible, performance-based evaluation criteria.
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Summary 5 • The timeline for development, implementation, and project life • The availability and precision of information • The existence of a baseline or "no-project" alternative • The resources and time available for the evaluation Testing the Method A method such as that described above can be tested either in a new application or by "redoing" a previous evaluation. In both cases, the proposed method should yield a satisfactory outcome, but in the second case, that outcome can also be compared with the original result and conclusions drawn regarding any differences.
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6 Evaluating Alternatives for Landside Transport of Ocean Containers drayage concepts considered in this project first emerged in response to emissions and congestion problems in Southern California. The Southern California ports have 13 active or developing container terminals, 9 port intermodal yards, 2 near-dock rail intermodal yards, 2 more distant (20 miles)
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Summary 7 The options that passed the initial screening step include • Battery-electric trucks on new electrified lanes in or parallel to the I-710 Corridor, and free-running elsewhere (to the limit of their battery capacity)
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8 Evaluating Alternatives for Landside Transport of Ocean Containers double-stack intermodal facility. After rejecting four initial sites as too costly, stakeholders chose a new site at CSX's Mount Clare yard.
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Summary 9 • Capacity. The high initial cost of advanced fixed-guideway systems can only be justified by very high throughputs.
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10 Evaluating Alternatives for Landside Transport of Ocean Containers Alternatives Analysis. Truck drayage systems range from existing diesel trucks moving over public highways to electric trucks moving over exclusive right-of-way.
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Summary 11 port terminals. The advanced fixed-guideway proposals lie in a no-man's land between truck systems more suitable for short trips and conventional rail systems more suitable for long trips.
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12 Evaluating Alternatives for Landside Transport of Ocean Containers these cases the regulations increased the cost of an existing mode without requiring the customer to switch mode, and the regulations were based on public air quality and health objectives. Proposals to require drayage operators to use employee drivers and meet other conditions as part of the Clean Air Action Program (CAAP)
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Summary 13 fixed-guideway system, therefore, would have to be substantial. To date, there has been little or no public-sector interest in massive freight movement subsidies.
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